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ART

Titles of paintings, drawings, sculptures andexhibitions are ALL in italic.

DANCE

ballets: titles in italics

cha-cha-cha (not cha-cha)

Latin dancing (cap "L'')

Maryinsky (not Mariinsky, despite internet evidence to the contrary) for the name of the theatre home of the Kirov Ballet.

pas de deux, corps de ballet: roman

paso doble (two words)

pointe shoes: not point

FILM

film titles take italics

film-maker (hyphen)

film noir (roman)

cinéma-vérité (roman)

auteur (roman)

Palme d'Or (roman)

8mm film, 16mm etc

3-D

LITERATURE

All book titles (literature or otherwise) take italics; these include novels, plays, short stories, all poems (short or long), magazine articles, chapter headings etc, as wellas textbooks, reference books, biographies etc. But do not italicise the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, Book of Genesis etc.

MUSIC

Song titles (classical or pop) take italics; no need to cap every word in the title, eg, Bring it on Home to Me rather than Bring It On Home To Me

Album titles take italics

Opus: Op (Op 28)

Number: No (as in Symphony No 3)

Symphony No 3 (roman caps); but where symphonies have numbers and popular alternative titles (Eroica, Pastoral) the titles, when used, are in italics, eg, Eroica. Spellout ordinals, as Mahler's Fourth Symphony (but Symphony No 4)

First Violin Concerto (roman caps, because it is a genre)

Requiem (roman caps, because it is a genre)

Operas: titles take italics, as do arias

Orchestral works with non-genre titles take italics (Night on the Bare Mountain)

Mozart works: K527 etc (numbering system of Köchel)

the Proms (no need to spell out Promenade Concerts); Promenaders; the Last Night of the Proms (caps)

tempos (not tempi)

virtuosos (not virtuosi)

THEATRE

Play titles take italics

dramatis personae (roman)

Wyndham's Theatre, London

Act I, scene 2 etc (ie, cap Actand use Roman numeral, l/c scene and Arabic numeral)

TV AND RADIO

Television and radio programmes take italics,except for first mention in reviews, when they go in bold

GENERAL ARTS STYLES

a cappella

Albert Hall, Festival Hall, National Theatre, generally omit Royal; but Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Ballet (which is different from the Birmingham Royal Ballet),etc

Arts Council, thereafter thecouncil (l/c) provided the context is clear

arts awards initial cap for titles of awards such as Best Actress, Best Film, Play of the Year etc

Bartók, Béla

the Beatles, the Rolling Stones etc: no need to cap the unless at the start of asentence; but prefer to keep cap "T'' with The Who, and The The

cinemagoer, dancegoer, theatregoer (each one word)

commedia dell'arte

debut, decor, matinee, premiere: NO accents

Dvorák, Antonin

hi-fi

Janácek, Leos

Janet Holmes à Court

mezzo-soprano (hyphen)

nightclub

3-D

subplot, subtext, subtitle

Symphony Hall, Birmingham (omit the)

Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives (all omit the)